Can you start an API group yourself? Maybe there are other parents in the area who don't know you exist, but they would if you were listed in the API directory. You could also put notices up on the bulletin boards of your local grocery store and other business. Esp. if you have any natural or whole food stores in your area.
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Thanks, be11dancer and I Fly! I do keep checking Finding Your Tribe, and I've searched for every town and county w/in an hour of me. I didn't have any luck, so I started a thread of my own, and I'll keep bumping it. I do try to keep an eye out for others using CD's or nursing, but like I said, we really live "way out there." There aren't a lot of young families in our town, and those that are here are mostly two-income families, so I wouldn't see the moms or kids during the day. Also, this is VERY MUCH a pro-spanking, CIO, bottle propping kind of town...
But I will continue to search!!!!
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But I will continue to search!!!!
Another idea - when you post in your tribal area, put all kinds of identifiers in your title.
Example: "AP group starting in Purple City - Yellow County - Northeast Wisconsin"
That way you have a greater chance of people finding you because when they do a search, they may search by city, or county, or whatever. KWIM? Best wishes - I'm sure with some persistence, you'll find other like-minded folks.
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Example: "AP group starting in Purple City - Yellow County - Northeast Wisconsin"
That way you have a greater chance of people finding you because when they do a search, they may search by city, or county, or whatever. KWIM? Best wishes - I'm sure with some persistence, you'll find other like-minded folks.
I feel your pain.We are a little closer to a"town" then you are though. There is a one stop light town 3 miles from us, but the closest town of size is 30 minutes away. I would paster the town with flyers about a playgroup. I had a very hard time fitting like minded mamas here, and there actaully was a mom's group full of them, it was very hard to find, it took me a year and a half to find them!
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They never put up notices, just word of mouth, and when you don't know anyone to tell you about it. The FYT board just doesn't work for some areas, thee are only a couple mamas in my area who post, and the majority of them are an hour away, I already drive enough as it is. Leave word with the LLL leader who is 30 minutes away, she can be a great resource to refer people to you, also maybe midwives if there are any around. If people are a bit farther away, maybe you can take turning driving to each other's houses. We do that, several of us moms in the tiny town get together regularly, and then I also have mama friends in the 2 larger towns 30 minutes away, som,etimes they come out to my house, but most of the time I go to their's just so I can hit the HF stores.
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